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The former, private collection of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum are now open to the public to enjoy some of its 350,000 volumes.

Visit the Morgan Library and Museum to satisfy all of your dreams of experiencing "The Beauty and the Beast" library, haha. This Gilded Age marvel is a gem for literature lovers everywhere!

If you're looking for history and culture in a stunning setting that will take your breath away, then you need to visit the Morgan Library.

It’s a milestone year for Manhattan’s venerable Morgan Library, with all sorts of cultural treats lined up to mark the occasion. Here’s what you can expect, from portraits by Irving Penn to a show all about its pioneering first director…

Explore one of New York City's hidden gems: the Morgan Library. The unique collection of Morgan contains three Gutenberg Bibles, rare enamels, and second to none collections of worlds most famous writers and philosophers. All displayed and set in a tasteful setting of grandeur with painted ceilings and wood inlayed bookshelves. A true must see in NYC! Click on the pin for more about the Morgan Library, tips for visiting and inspiring pictures!

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On a recent rainy evening in New York City, a group of Untapped New York Insiders sought shelter within the book-lined walls of The Morgan Library and Museum. The Morgan recently completed a multi-year exterior restoration, the first in over 100 years, and opened a new garden space that we were invited to explore. The museum was closed for this after-hours excursion, so we had the whole place to ourselves! Check out photos and highlights of what we saw in the images below, all taken by…

The Morgan Library and Museum in New York City inspires major library envy. See inside the impressive architectural gem in Midtown Manhattan.

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The Morgan Library & Museum Plans for a New Garden Designed by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, with Lighting by Linnaea Tillett.

Tucked into the quiet corner of 36th & Madison is a beautiful stonework building & a relatively nondescript brownstone with a big secret. Inside is the soaring, opulent, private library of financier of J.P. Morgan. The Morgan Library & Museum is filled with his historic collection of books & manuscripts – the building is simply magnificent....Read the Post

photo by Beyond My Ken In the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was not uncommon for millionaire collectors to have art galleries included in the plans for their mansions; or to built opulent gallery buildings adjoining already standing residences. In 1903 financier J. Pierpont Morgan, Sr. took the concept to a new level. Morgan and his family lived in the brownstone mansion on the northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 36th Street, built for John Jay Phelps in 1853. Behind it, at No. 33…